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Cisco's new cBR-8 system, to be unveiled on
Tuesday, comes at a time when its rivals such as Arris Group Inc
and Casa Systems Inc have started a new class of equipment that
can deliver both video programing and broadband access to
subscribers.
The new system will "enable cable operators to achieve savings
that could exceed 40 percent of capital and operating expenses
over five years," Cisco said in a statement.
The news was earlier reported by the Wall Street Journal.
(http://on.wsj.com/1KIlA2f)
Google Inc has been offering download speeds of one gigabit a
second or more in some U.S. cities through fiberoptic networks.
By comparison, most U.S. cable users get peak speeds of less
than 50 megabits, though services offering rates of up to 150
megabits are available in some areas, according to the Journal.
(Reporting by Avik Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar
Warrier)
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